Ilkhanids. Öljeytü (Uljaytu). AH 703-716 / AD 1304-1316. AV Dinar (24.7mm, 8.40 g, 2h). Madinat Sultaniyya mint. Dated AH 713 (AD 1313/4). Near VF.

Islamic Auction 4 – Session 1
Lot: 203. Estimated: $ 750

Post-Mongol Dynasties, Gold

Sold For $ 550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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Ilkhanids. Öljeytü (Uljaytu). AH 703-716 / AD 1304-1316. AV Dinar (24.7mm, 8.40 g, 2h). Madinat Sultaniyya mint. Dated AH 713 (AD 1313/4). Diler 370 (this date not listed); Album 2186. Some deposit. Near VF. Rare.

From the collection of the late Dr. M.F.W. Al-Katib.

The city of Sultaniyya was founded early in the reign of Arghun (AH 683-690), and was considerably expanded and rebuilt during Uljaytu’s reign. In AH 713 Sultaniyya was formally established as the Ilkhanid capital, and this coin was probably struck to mark this event.

Little of Sultaniyya survives today except for Uljaytu’s magnificent tomb, probably begun near the start of his reign. It seems that Uljaytu considered modifying this structure to be a shrine for the relics of the Shi‘ite Imams ‘Ali and Husayn, which Uljaytu had considered removing from their resting places in Iraq. But while the building still shows signs of this proposed change of use, this plan was later abandoned and the building eventually became Uljaytu’s own tomb, as originally intended.

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